Essential Cinema Archives

By Season (September to August)

2012-2013

• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM 7: FILMS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST & BEYOND
• ASIA: HOT AND COOL
• MUSIC IN THE BLOOD, POETRY IN THE SOUL: WALES ON SCREEN
• LATE HAVE I LOVED THEE: LATTER LUBITSCH
• LA FIN DE L'ÉTÉ: RECENT FRENCH CINEMA

2011-2012

• OFFICERS OF UNCERTAINTY: THE POLICIER LEGACY IN CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

• CINESUR: FILMS OF LATIN AMERICA

• SEEFEST AUSTIN: FILMS OF SOUTHEAST EUROPE

• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM 6: FILMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND

• THE GREAT ESCAPE: THREE EUROPEAN EMIGRÉ FILMMAKERS

• AND IT FEELS SO GOOD: COMEDIES OF REMARRIAGE

• GOIN’ FOR BAROQUE: KEN RUSSELL, PETER GREENAWAY, DEREK JARMAN
• DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BEING WILD: HONG KONG NEW WAVE CINEMA

2010-2011

• AUTEURS SANS FRONTIÈRES: DIRECTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
• OUSMANE SEMBENE: THE FATHER OF POST-COLONIAL AFRICAN CINEMA
• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM 5: FILMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND
• AGNES ON AGNES: LE CINEMA DE VARDA
• FIRE BENEATH THE ICE: FILMS OF ICELAND
• WILLIAM WYLER’S DESPERATE HOURS: A DIRECTOR’S DRAMA
• VIVA LA REVOLUCION: FILMS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

2009-2010

• A SUMMER OF RESTORATION: SELECTIONS FROM MILESTONE FILMS
• VIAGEM A PORTUGAL: CONTEMPORARY PORTUGESE CINEMA
• SMASHING THE RULES: FILMS OF OSHIMA NAGISA
• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM 4: FILMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND
• THE CHILLY HUMORIST FROM FINLAND: AKI KAURISMAKI
• FROM THE SHADOWS: GREEK INDEPENDENT CINEMA
• CENSORS, DROP YOUR SCISSORS! BILLY WILDER'S LATER COMEDIES

2008-2009

• LOVE ON THE LARGEST CONTINENT: TEN ASIAN FILMS
• CROSSING BORDERS: IMMIGRATION IN GLOBAL CINEMA
• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM 3: FILMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
• FIRST BLOOD: THE EARLY FILMS OF BRIAN DE PALMA
• MORE THAN BUENOS AIRES: FILM RENAISSANCE IN ARGENTINA
• I MARRIED A WITCH: FREDRIC MARCH’S COMIC CURSE
• THE THIRD WAVE: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CINEMA

2007-2008

• MAKING THE WORLD LAUGH: GLOBAL COMEDY
• ASCENDING DRAGON: FILMS OF GREATER CHINA
• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM 2: FILMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
• 3 MEXICANAS EN HOLLYWOOD: DOLORES DEL RÍO, LUPE VÉLEZ, & KATY JURADO
• FRENCH MAVERICK, REBEL AUTEUR: FOUR FILMS OF PHILIPPE GARREL
• TORN FROM THE MOTHERLAND: FILMS FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
• BLOKES 'N' BIRDS: BRITISH REALIST CINEMA (1958-1965)

2006-2007

• OTHER MINDS, OTHER WORLDS: GLOBAL SCI-FI CINEMA
• SPACES BETWEEN REALITIES: THE FILMS OF MICHAEL HANEKE
• CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM/IBRAHIM: FILMS OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• SOUTH BY SOUTHEAST: FILMS OF THAILAND AND VIETNAM
• SUBLIME LINES: JAPANESE ANIME
• LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN: ICONICALLY GENE TIERNEY
• SURVIVING THE BLACKLIST: JOSEPH LOSEY IN EUROPE

2005-2006

• DE/RECONSTRUCTING NARRATIVE: GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS IN FILM
• THREE ACTRESSES ABROAD: JOSEPHINE BAKER, ANNA MAY WONG & LOUISE BROOKS
• MEXICAN INDEPENDENT: FELIPE CAZALS
• OFFICIAL EVIL: POLITICAL THRILLERS IN CINEMA
• HOLLYWOOD DETOUR: THE INDEPENDENT MIND OF EDGAR G. ULMER
• SOUTHERN UPRISING: RECENT KOREAN CINEMA
• WILD REEDS: MOVING IMAGES OF GROWING UP

2004-2005

• SHATTERING THE NARRATIVE: EUROPEAN CINEMA (1960-1972)
• BOLLYWOOD AND MORE: RECENT HINDI CINEMA
• BLOODBATH AND BEYOND: THE EXTREME CINEMA OF TAKASHI MIIKE
• TAKING OVER THE CAMERAS: POST-COLONIAL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN CINEMA
• BESIDES ALMODOVAR: OTHER SPANISH DIRECTORS
• TALK OF THE TOWN: THE FILMS OF JEAN ARTHUR
• GAY & LESBIAN IMAGES IN GLOABL CINEMA

2003-2004

• PAVEL JURACEK: MASTER OF THE CZECH NEW WAVE
• A SUMMER CELEBRATION: GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHY
• ISLAMIC HUMANISM: CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN CINEMA
• REVOLUCION Y FANTASIA: RECENT MEXICAN CINEMA
• NEO-REALISM AND BEYOND: ITALIAN CINEMA (1948-1970)
• HEROIC GRACE: THE CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS FILM

2002-2003

• THE SAGA CONTINUES: EUROPEAN EMIGRE DIRECTORS (1933-1955)
• DRIVEN INTO PARADISE: EUROPEAN DIRECTORS IN HOLLYWOOD (1933-1950)
• JOURNEYS INTO THE SHADOWS: THE FILMS OF ARTURO RIPSTEIN
• THE FIFTH GENERATION: CHINESE FILMS OF THE PAST TWO DECADES
• LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES: A SURVEY OF FRENCH CINEMA IN THE 90S
• THE POET AS FILMMAKER: THE FILMS OF ALEXANDER DOVZHENKO

2001-2002

• SUMMER FREE FOR MOST OF Y'ALL: FILMS OF CINEMASCOPE
• ACTRESSES OF THE SILENT SCREEN
• SEXUALITY, HYPOCRISY & OBSESSION: THE FILMS OF JAIME HERMOSILLO
• LUNATICS AND LOVERS: SCREWBALL COMEDY OF THE 30S
• THE SOVIET NEW WAVE: FILMS OF THE 1960S AND 1970S
• SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG: THE FILMS OF KINJI FUKASAKU
• LOVE AND MORALITY: THE FILMS OF ERIC ROHMER

2000-2001

• UNFOLDING HORIZON: THE FILMS OF HOU HSIAO-HSIEN
• MY LITTLE LOVES: THE FILMS OF JEAN EUSTACHE
• DANCE, GIRL, DANCE: WOMEN DIRECTORS OF THE 70S & 80S
• CHE BELLA: ITALY IN THE 1960S
• ALL IS GRACE: FILMS OF ROBERT BRESSON